More than a decade after a convicted killer beat his son to death, Bob Autobee is asking prosecutors not to seek the death penalty against the man he has forgiven. Jury selection begins on Monday in the case against Edward Montour, who was serving a life sentence for killing his infant daughter when he beat corrections officer Eric Autobee to death in the kitchen at Limon Correctional F...

Sadly, I don't trust Brauchler. It is always difficult to decide whether he is dealing a straight deck, or has some hidden political agenda. And so. the prosecution team is going to tell the jurors to ignore the fact that the victim's father doesn't want the death penalty for Montour? How is that going to work?Caveat: can someone refresh my memory why Montour harbored such hatred for Autobee? The DP left that part out.

Victims impact statements go a long way in court decisions. Justice isn't always applied equally and fairly. Hickenlooper made a huge blunder when he ignored victims impact statements and granted Dunlap a stay of execution. He's a gangbanger who has proven to still be dangerous behind bars. It's honorable that Mr. Autobee is willing to forgive his son's killer, but if he is dangerous to guards and other inmates the death penalty should not be ignored. He's victimized other people too.

Assumptions makes an A out of you more than it does me. I am a Colorado native. I vote.

No need to trust Braucher's "hidden political agenda", for which you only have speculation.

Montour is a double murderer, who every sane person knows is a threat to murder, again.

No speculation.

Giving Montour another life sentence is just putting him in the same position he was when he murdered Eric.

Duh.

The lack of trustworthiness for Montour is at a much higher degree than you could possibly feel for Braucher and at a completely different level of horror.

Dead, Montour can never harm, again.

Alive, we all know what Montour is capable of.

I could care less if Braucher is stupid enough to think he can be president. So what?

I care, a lot, that Montour is, never, given the chance to murder or otherwise harm, again.

I am not condoning his acts; but you realize it will most likely be 20 years of appeals before he is put to death. And that also depends whether or not the death penalty by injection is ruled unconstitutional You are going to have to wait 20 years before Montour "can never harm, again."

Mr. Autobee has spent substantial time thinking about this and has come to the conclusion that he does not want Mr. Montour executed. He has found forgiveness, something that I believe few could do. I find it disturbing that the public has such a bloodlust for Montour that they are willing to ignore the victim's family's wishes. You don't know what Mr. Autobee is going through; the least you could do is be respectful of his wishes. None of us are in Mr. Autobee's position, and regardless of your feelings on the death penalty, this man deserves some peace in his life.

smartchick wrote:Mr. Autobee has spent substantial time thinking about this and has come to the conclusion that he does not want Mr. Montour executed. He has found forgiveness, something that I believe few could do. I find it disturbing that the public has such a bloodlust for Montour that they are willing to ignore the victim's family's

I think we are all taking into account the victim's family and reaching a differnt conclusion.

There is no conflict between forgiveness and a just sanction, in fact, they go quite well, together.

Justice in this case can hardly be a life sentence.

Montour tortured/murdered his 11 mo old daughter, Tyler, breaking nearly all the bone in her body, for which he received life sentence. and he also plotted his wifes murder while in prison.

Then Montour murders Eric Autobee, just because he wanted to impress other criminals.

A sociopath? You think?

The trial judge said Montour is clearly a risk to murder, again? You think?

So Bob Autobee and Montour are in agreement, give Montour a free murder by sentencing him to life, again, and, thereby, leave more innocents at risk from a continuing threat double murderer.

Nice.

If Bob Autobee wanted peace, he would have stayed out of the public debate.

What Bob wants is for Montour to live, not matter what.

I think is both just and correct that many are saying that the death penalty is just in this case, taking into consideration all that Bob Autobee has said.

Blood lust. No justice.

The blood lust is Montour's, alone, as is obvious.

Am I sympathetic to Bob Autobee? Of course. My sincere condolences to him and family.